Gabriela Canedo, El Día: Chaparina in memory “We are going to blow them up.” It was the threat of the Secretary General of the Confederation of Intercultural Colonizers of Bolivia against the indigenous people of the lowlands who were leading the Eighth March in defense of their territory and against the highway that the TIPNIS…
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Bolivian Mara/Mahogany 101: ‘wood pirates’ log Bolivian national parks
Eduardo Franco Berton reports in Mongabay: Mara (Swietenia macrophylla), also known as big-leaf mahogany, is a threatened tree species found in western South America. Growing up to 50 meters (165 feet) tall, mara trees can live for more than a century. Its wood is sought-after for the production of high-end furniture and can sell for…
Es que Chapare es República independiente?! provocados?! Bah!
Chapareños ven provocación en ingreso de militares al trópico y dicen que no hay miedo Luego del ingreso de varias unidades de las Fuerzas Armadas al trópico cochabambino, las seis federaciones calificaron de acto de intimidación. Bolivian Thoughts opina: El narcotráfico se adueñó de esa región. Debemos dar titulación de tierras de manera individual y…
evo to face lawsuit for biocide and ethnocide!
El Diario reports: Concerns of representatives MAS extractivist policy threatens indigenous people and ecosystems Indigenous people raise responsibility lawsuits against Evo Morales and his collaborators for biocide and ethnocide, they do not rule out going to international instances to denounce those abuses The extension of the agricultural frontier, the exploration of hydrocarbons and minerals in…
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